Are most of the comments about indoor or outdoor grows? Indoors, I've had horrible aphid problems. Outdoors, they seem to go for other things. Even when I find them on peppers, one good rain or hosing off and they seem to move on. Oddly, since I never read anyone say same, they seem to love young cucumber leaves.
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pests Aphids!!! Don't go away even after spraying
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Definitely get some ladybugs. I tried all winter to get rid of Aphids. Nothing was stopping them. I bought some ladybugs and they cleared them up for good in a week. Haven't seen them in over a month.
I released the ladybugs on my plants indoors. I had been growing my plants in my basement in a open grow box type deal till about two weeks ago. I was worried about them leavng the area but most of them stayed around my plants. I did release quite a lot of them though. Once the weather smartened up I put the plants outdoors on my deck. The ladybugs hung around for about another week and slowly left. I still find a few hanging around my deck. I was thinking of ordering more this summer once the aphid population kicks up in the lawn. Last August my legs would get covered with aphids just walking across the yard.
Ok as mentioned earlier, I sprayed again, still using my insecticidal soap and some neem. Looking better now. (I wiped off some plants by hand before, there was just too many piled up). I think you just need to be persistent. By the way this is semi outdoors, in a greenhouse on the balcony.
